SES: emergency.lu Re-establishes Critical Connectivity in the Caribbean Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria

September 26, 2017

(AETOS Wire)-- The emergency.lu Rapid Response Kit has been deployed by the Government of Luxembourg to provide vital satellite-enabled connectivity to the coordination center in Dominica, following the devastation brought by the Category 5 Hurricane Maria, announced SES and its partners today. The connectivity provided on an SES satellite is used for broadband and voice communication, to ensure that emergency services and first responders can stay informed and connected, and are able to act quickly, where they are most needed. The solution has been deployed upon the request of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) to support the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and installed by Luxembourg Civil Protection volunteers. Another emergency.lu Rapid Response Kit was deployed earlier in the......

Arzan Wealth (DIFC) Limited (‘Arzan Wealth’), a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has advised on the successful sale of the German warehouse used as a spare parts storage and the distribution center by Volkswagen AG, Germany (“VW Property”).

(AETOS Wire)-- Sintavia, LLC, the global independent leader for metal Additive Manufacturing (“AM”) services, and the TRUMPF Group, a leading high-technology company offering production solutions in the machine tool and laser sectors, today announced an agreement to work together to accelerate the penetration of TRUMPF TruPrint metal printers within the global aerospace industry. The agreement, which involves a TRUMPF TruPrint"...

(AETOS Wire)-- ABB and Northvolt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a wide-ranging supply and technology partnership, including products and services for Northvolt’s state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery factory and close collaboration on development of battery solutions and R&D activities. ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) will support the initial phase of this project through an early investment.

Tullow Oil said on Saturday that an international ruling on an ocean boundary between Ghana and Ivory Coast would leave its TEN fields within Ghanaian waters, allowing it to resume new drilling around the end of the year, a report by Reuters has revealed.

“Tullow will now work with the Government of Ghana to put in place the necessary permits to allow the restart of development drilling in"...

Algeria: government has sold illusions of exports out of hydrocarbons since 2014

September 24, 2017

According to observers, the government launched promises as it thought the oil crisis would have ended in a short time. Yet, time shows that real alternative solutions should be found in Algeria’s economy.

Oil prices have decreased since June 2014.

Since then, the government has decided to export cement but Algerians"...

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) celebrated on September 14 its 57th anniversary. Since 1960 to date, the group held 172 meetings (including both regular and extraordinary). The first meeting was in Baghdad in 1960 and the last significant meeting the group held was in Algeria in September 2016, when ministers decided finally to take a collective action to stop crude prices from sliding after Brent reached $28 at the beginning of the year....

Experts and analysts have speculated about oil prices for the next two years, among them those who describe the government of Ahmed Ouyahia as 'lucky» by foreseeing that the price of the “black gold” might rise next year to reach $ 80 dollars, and those who maintain that an oil barrel reaching $ 56 dollars during the past two days is only a reflection of the decline in the dollar and this will not last long.

(AETOS Wire)-- Surveillance solutions business Synectics has secured multiple contracts for onshore and offshore oil and gas developments, spanning Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. Encompassing a broad mix of Synectics’ surveillance and security management solutions, the contracts will see the business deploy over 700 COEX™ camera stations across the Middle East region – in a number of cases incorporating new, customer-led feature developments. Off the Egyptian coast, Synectics will be providing an offshore platform with a range of C3000 HD IP, C2000 HD IP and C2000 (PTZ and fixed) camera stations, with specific models featuring new onboard analytics capabilities developed to meet the customer brief. The COEX camera stations, compatible with the on-site VMS, will enable edge-based tripwire detection,......